Automatic filling-replenishing feeler-loom.



W. F. DRAPER & '.T. NORTHROP. AUTOMATIC FILLING REPLENISHING FEELER LOOM. APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov. 21, 1 907.

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W. P. DRAPBR & J. NORTHROP.

AUTOMATIC FILLING RBPLENISHING FEBLER LOOM.

' APrLLoATIoN FILED Nov. 21,1907.

920,013?. Patented Apr'. 27, 1909.

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W.}P. DRAPBR & J. NORTHROP. O AUTOMATIC FLLING REPLENISHING FEHLER LOOM.

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II I W. F. DRAPER & J. NGRTHROP. AUTOMATIC FILLING RIIPLIJNISIIING PEBL, E LooM. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21,190?.

920,037. Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.21,1907.

Patented Apr. 27, 14909.

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W. P. DRAPER & J. NORTHROP. AUTOMA'IIG FILLING REPLBNISHI-NG FEHLER LOOM. APPLICATION FILED Nov. r41,1907.

Patented A111327, 1909.

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W. P. DRAPER & J. NORTHROP.

Y AUTOMATIC FILLING BEPLBNISHING FEHLER LOOM.

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920,037. Patented A111227, 1909,

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STATES PATNT OFFICE.

WI'LLlAMF. DRAPER AND .IQNAS NORTHROP, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO DRAPER COMPANY, 0F HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0F MAINE.

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l Specification Vof Letters lPatent. Application fueamvember 21, 1907. senti no, 403,111.

Patented Apn'i 27,1909.

To all whom it mag/ concemf I Beit known that we, WILLIAM F. DRAPER and JONAS Non'rHRoi 1citizens-ofthe United States, and residentsy ofHo ediale, county of Worcester, State of-Massac usetts, have invented an Improvement in Automatic Filling-Replenishing Feeler-Looms, of which the following description, in connection with the vaccompanying drawing, is a specigication,

like characters on the, drawing representing -ishing mechanism is effected automatically.

Looms of this type are technically termed .feelerf looms because of the illmg-feelcr or detecting device forming a part of the exhaustion-indicating mechanism. Various examples of such looms are found in the art,

differing from each other more or less as to strulctural'details but the underlyinoprincie ples of operation are substantial y the same 1n alb-.the new or fresh iilling being provided before'theoldor runnin llingis completely exhausted,'-there'by obviating the formation e of oneforlnore empty orfpartlv-em ty picks in the cloth.'` An automatically se fethreading shuttle is'used in such a loorn, and means have beenprovided to sever the old and new 1 filling-endV adjacent the edge ofthe cloth, and

. also .tot sever the old filling-end between the clothand the delivery-'eye of the shuttle when the llatter is in the replenishing shuttle box, apart of thev severing means usually being mounted on the shuttle-feeler common in such looms, as will be familial' to those skilled in the art to which this present invention ertains;

ack by the shuttle and woven into the cloth blemishes are made therein which are highly 'objectionable particularly in fine weaving and they must e removed or the value of the product is decreased.

- One form of automatic illing-replenisliing feeler-loomis shown in United States Patent No. 789471, granted, t0 Wood & Northrop May Y9, 1905 and the replenishing mechanism therein isi substantially that shown in United Thi'slinvention relates to loomsprovided If the old filling-end is carried' States Patent No.` 529940, granted to J. H.

. Northrop November '27 1894 -to which reference may be had, but so'far as our present invention is concerned it is .to be understood that it is not restricted to the'detailed structure of either the filling-replenisliing or exhaustion-indicating mechanisms shown in said patents, they having been selected merely as typical. i

In a feeler loom, at the time the illingis changed or replenished the old filling-end extends from the illing-carrier or bobbin then in the shuttle forward through the delivery-eye of the shuttle and thence back to the cloth, and heretofore, if the shuttle is properlyl boxed for re lenishment,asl1uttl e feeler moves across tlie mouth of the shuttle-box, and a tluead-cutter on the shuttlefeeler severs the old filling-end adjacent the mouth of the shuttle-box. threadcutter holds the severed filling-end at the cloth side, but drops it at theopposite or shuttle side, and when the spent bohbin is ejected it is depended upon to draw the severed filling-end backward throughthe deliv ery-eye and thence out of the shuttle, to clear the latter of the old filling. In actual practice, however, it is found that at times the ejection of the spent bobbin will not com pletely draw out or clear the old filling from thc shuttle, which on the first pick after replenishment takes the old filling back into the shed and it is woven into the cloth. So, too, the thread-cutter on the shuttle-feeler does not always operate, and in such case the shuttle must and does carry a loop or bight of the old filling back into the cloth; not only making a blemish therein but also tending to prevent the proper threading of the fresh filling in the shuttle. hand the ieeler thread-cutter s cvers the runlf, on the other ning filling when replenishment is not eflected' a thin place or str1 e is made in the cloth, this occurring when t 1e` shuttle acts through the feeler to prevent replenishment but for some reason the thread-cutter operates.

llil() Our present invention has for its object the I los - filling is bodily cast the shuttle,

' I c (ll, theold filling-end being discharged from 40 coperation between the incoming filling and the thread-directing device to effect the hvered,

or removed bodily ,being carried back into the cloth, and We shuttle-feeler'. Such threadecutter is unnecessary, because the old filling bodily cast'off from the shuttle, which latter is the only agency by which it can bev caiand positively from the threading device on the shuttle, but it has always been drawn out lengthwise through the shuttle eye, and de endence has been placed upon the ejected obbin, alone or asried back into the cloth7 the old filling being sisted by something else, to draw the fillingsevered adjacent the edge of thev cloth by end back through the eye and thereby clear suitable means.

While the ejection of the spentlling-carrier or bobbin will of itself absolutely end positively effect the casting 0E of the'oldv ing-end and unthread the shuttle, in present embodiment of our invention the mstrumentality which we have devised to automatically filling thread to the thread-directing device is so arranged that-'it may, and in practice will, engage the old filling-end and assist the ejected bobbin in the cast oil operation. That is, the length of old filling between the spent bobbin and thefthread-catching instrumentality is drawn lout and cast off'from the thread-directing device on the shuttle in vthe form o a loop or bight, as will appear hereinafter in the detailed description, but the ejected bobbin is an essentia factor in the unthreading operation.

The foregoing and various other novel features of scribed in particularly "claims,

Figure 1 is a top .plan view, centrally broken out'of a sufficient portion of an automatic filling-replenishing feeler loom to be lunderstood, with one practical embodiment of ourI present invention applied thereto, the feeder ofthef'replenishin mechanism being shown only in part, the s uttle being shownl in the replenishing shuttle-box; right hand side elevation' of the loom shown. in Fig. 1, but with the filling-end holder omitted and portions only shown ofthe con nected' plates constituting` the feeder; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of some of the replenishing mechanism and parts operating in con,-

the shuttle.

Should the filling-end unwind raidly from the ejected bobbin it `Will nt' e drawn through the eve, and if the filling breaks at or nearthe bo bin a piece will hang from the shuttle, to be carried in'to the cloth or foul the threading device, or both. 1 A

One of the novel features of` our invention is the provision of means' whereby the old fng-'end is absolutely and ositively cast 0H and the shuttle com letey unthre'aded at the time of ing rep enishment, the old 'ng being cast' off bodily from the shuttle a's dlstinguished from drawing' the filling' len hwise through the delivery-eye. To ena le this casting oil or'unthreading to be accomplished we have provided' the bottom of the shuttle with a thread-directing device, to automatically direct orguide the freshing to the delivery-eye located at the side and adjacent the bottom of the shuttle, such directing device Abeing so constructed that when the. spent bobbin is ejected the old ofi from the bottom of the shuttle absolutely the subjoinedl specification and pointed out inthe following leaving free and clear.

The thread-inlet and guiding passages of the directing device leading to the deliveryege of the 'shuttle open downward, so that t ere is no obstruction to the casting off or unthreading'when the spent bobbin is ejectt e'bottom of the' shuttlewhile the fresh ing is inserted at the top thereof. Inasmuch as the incoming supply of filling is presented in substantially usual manner at the top, and the thread-directing device is at the bottom', of the shuttle it is impossible tov introduce the incoming filling to the thread-directing device in the usual way,

vtop of the shuttle, and accord. mgly we Ahave devised novel and efficient means to effect automatically the necessary ment Fig. 4 is a front view of the lay at the replenishing side of the loom, showing the shuttle-box and a depending guide,A to directi the ejected filling-carrier or bobbin; Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional details on the irregular line 5`6, F to'the left, the

in the position assumed as the' lay approaches front center and in Fig. 6 the parts are shown in the'posi'- tion assumed when the lay is.at front centen. it being supposed ,that the fresh lling has just been inserted ill-"the shuttle; Fig. 7 is a sectional detail on l'the line'5*6, Fig. 1 bui omitting the tlneadepositioning and threadcatching instrumentalities, to show more clearly other parts of the'mechanism; Fig. 8 is a right and side'elevation of the threadpositioning device in its nqrmal position;

thereof; Fig. 1Q is a threadin of the, shuttle, meaning by the term t reading the introduction of the ing into the delivery-eye of the shuttle, through which the filling draws to be de The peculiar location of the .thread-ditime of filling replenishment, eliminating all chance or possibility of the old filling-end als o eliminate the--l thread-cutter on the Fig. 9 is a topy plan view -end is catch and introduce 'the 'new n our 'mvention will be fully desideelevation of the thread-catching instrumentality in its normal positlon; Fig. 11 is a top plan view thereof, and Fig. 12 a side elevatiorl` of said instrumentality at an inter- -mediate point of itspath of movement; Fig.

13 is 'an enlarged top plan view of the lead.- ing or thread-delivering end of the shuttle; Fig. 14 is a side elevation thereof Fig 15 is an under side view of the leadingend of the shuttle; Fig. 16 is atiansve'rse section on the line 16e-17, Fig. 13, looking to the left, and Fig. '17 isla similar section,'but looking to the rig-ht, Fig. 13; Fig. isis a pai-tin longitude nal section on the line 18e-19, Fig. 13, but showing the filling-su port and the threaddirecting device in e evation; Fig. 19 is a' view similar to Fig. `18 but showing the old filling-end j ust about to be cast off; Figs. 20

' andV 21'are perspective viewsof the threaddirecting device detached;r Fig. 22 is a righthand side elevation of the thread-cutting A temple, shown at the right Fig. 1;.Fig. 23-is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 24-is an eleva' tion of the temple viewed from the back of the loom,- and; Fig. 25 is an enlarged side elevation of thel temple.

Referring to -the drawings, and articularly toFig. 1 the lay A having at its right hand end. a",replenishing shuttle-box B, -a shuttle-box B `at its opposite end, the front wall of the box having an opening B2, the filling-feeder or hopper mounted on the breast-beam B3 at the right hand side of the loom, said feeder comprising two connected and rota-table plates a, a supported on al stud a, and adapted to support a eireularly" arranged series of filling-carriers or bobbins b, Ithe transferrerf mounted to rock on aI yfixed horizontal stud j', and the 4tip-supportA 40 f2 pivotally mounted on the rigid arm 3 fast on .the stud f may be and are all su stantially of well known construction common to 'the Northrop type of loom, and o erate in a manner well known to those s {illed in the art. A

In Fig. 3, we have partly shown in dotted lines the bell-shaped disk I)2 over which the.

filling-ends are led from the tips of the fillingcarriers in the feeder to the holding stud 153, it being understood that the feeder is 1'o' tated step by step to present one fillingcarrier after another into position to be removed by the transferrerj". and inserted in.

the shuttle S, the latter having suitable meansto detachably engage and hold the bett of a iilling-in carrier in operative position. 'The depending end j of the transfi'errer has pivotally connected therewith a dog fi (the particular construction thereofl 'lornnng no part ol our present invention).

and adapted to be engaged by a bunterf on i the lay when iilling-replenishment is .to be eflected ,the pivot f7 on which. the dog'is .-noifnted extendingr laterally' i'roin the arm 65 vj as best shownv in Fig. 3. The movement of the dog into operative position in the path 4of the bunter fr is controlled by or through the operating or controlling rock-shaft common to looms of the Northrop type, the' rotative movement of said rock-shaft being effected by filling-exhaustion indicating' mechanism, to be briefly referred tolb,effe ct replenishment of the running filling before complete exhaustion thereof, and said rockshaft is alsoarranged to be rocked by vor` through detection of filling-failure by 'the filling-detectors or forks F,

at opposite sides of the loom.

e stud j, in our present invention, is extended a considerable distance beyond the hub of the transferrer, and has loosely mounted u on it the hub 1 of an arched arm I 2l extende v Adownturned widened end a hole 3, see dotted lines Fig. 8, through which is extended the tipfsupport f 2,.tl 1e latter bein heldin normal position shown m Figs. 8 an 9 by the usual fs ring fx, said tip support projecting under t e tip of the leading filling-carrier of the series-111 the feeder.

` The arm 2 carries a thread-positionino` device, shown as a rearwardly extende flange 4 laterally offset from said arm 2, and bifurcated at its rearV end to present forks 5 and', which `are notched on their, under'4 edges at 7, Fi s. 2,15, 6 and 8, the bottomof the notch-in t e'fork 5 being shown as somewhat lower down than the 'bottom of the .i

6 for a purpose to be dey notch in the arm seribed. ."When the loom is in normal operation the thread-positioning 'means will be located 'as 'shown 1n Figs. 2, 5 and 8 above the path of the-shuttle-box B, Ibut so located that the notched forks may descend into theposition shownv in Fig.6 at the time of replenishing. At such time, the forks are immediately over the leading4 end of the shuttle and in fact the fork 5 projects slightly into an lopening in the shuttle, to be hereinafter referred to. Such depression of the tln'ead-positioner is effected by the rocking movement` of the tip-support f2, as the filling-carrier is inserted inv the shuttle, the descent of the tip acting'to rock the tip-su port into dotted line position Fig. 6, an( by such change in its position,4 the arched arm 2 is swung downward, xnov/ ing with it the threai'l-I'iositioner.

At' the time a filling-carrier is transferred tioner returns to normal position. T he stud 130 l Fig. 1, located rearwardly and having in its f beyond the hub of the arm in the "member 14, a s

14 is shown as tered by a sma and the other extreme is shown in Figs. 6

`is free vto catch a thread.

- so as t0 bear with a yielding or spring action boss 9 of a depending bracket 1'0 bolted at 11 secured to the two pivotally connected .thread-engaging 1Q adjustably secured toits 'of the member 13;

2 has iixedly l the hub-like from the position shown in Fig. 10,

i ferential movement of said carrier and the controller 24 operates gradually to rock the member 14 onits pivot 15, from the normal position into the position shown in Fig-.6, the

secured to it by'a set screw 8 the difto a horizontall7 extended stand 12 rigidly I' oom side, see Figs. 2, 3, 5 and 6.v 4

The, thread-catching instrumentality is l mounted onthe bracket 10 and comprises thread-engaging members being between the forks 5 and 6 of the thread-positioner and .with the hook 16 above the fresh or new filling-end, 'at such, time depressed by the positioner and held by the notchesQ 7.

W hen the carrier 17 ismoving from the osition shown in Fig. 10 to that shown in 12, the controller 24 is not shifted longitudlnally with relation to its fulcrum 22, being held from such `shifting by the sp1ing26, so that the thread-catching members rise in open position, such opening movement being limited by the coperation of the. pin 13 and slot or hole 14X, but from-the osition Fig. 12 to that illustrated in Fig. 6, t does move longitudinally, the slot 2 3 ermitting such movement, and thereby t ere is no change in-the relative osition of the thread-catching members. of the thread-catcher from the position shown in Fig. 6, the hook 16 engages the new iilling-end and draws it"downward, and in the great majority of cases said hook will also engage and draw downward the lold filling-end, that is to say the part ofthe old filling between the tip of the spent fillingcarrier or bobbin and the eye of the shuttle, and after such engagement the thread-catching instrumentality arrives at the position shown in Fig. 12. Thereafter as the carrier 17 continues to descend, the controller 24 Vby the differential movement with respect to the carrier operates to swing the member 14 and to draw thel filling-end or filling-ends between the adjacent faces of the two members 18 and .14, clam ing the filling and holding 'it as long. as tlie said members rei main in such position.

Reference to the drawings will show clearly the different points about which the carrier and the controller move as fulcra, providing for the differential movement herembefore referred to. The movements of the thread-positioner and the thread-catcher to against the face of the member 13, to at oierative position are so timed that the new times nip or clamp and hold between said j filling-end is positioned in readiness to be enmembers one or more filling-ends, "as will be i gaged by the thread-catcher substantially explained hereinafter. When the iilliugjust before the latter reaches the vposition replenishing mechanism is operated, the shown in Fig. 6, and the thread 'catching transferrerj" descends .and the arm j conf inembe1s-descend through a well or o ening nected therewith moves outward or toward in the shuttle as the lay begins its bac ward the front of the loom, 'the stud f7 being at movement while thel thread-positioner resuch time brought into engagement-with the j turns to its normal position by 01' through finger 19, and tilting it from' the positionl the return. movement of the tip-support f2. shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 6. i Heretofore the lay has This tilting of the finger turns the rock-shaft i bottom of the reple'nishingshuttle-box to d elevates the carrier 17-into the posi-'l permit the discharge ofthe spent bobbfin tion shown 1n 6. l when ejected from@ the shuttle, and `in .our

members 13 and 14, the latter being plvote at 15 to the' former and having its kupper end f downwardly hooked at 16. rlhe member13 resent embodiment of our invention forms t e upturned flattened end of a swinging carrier 17, secured to brformin part. of a horizontal rock-shaft 18 mounterf in suit# able bearings: in the bracket 10 and having inner end an upf turned finger 19 in front of the lateral stud f 7 hereinbefore referred to.- The carrier 17 is depressed by `a spring 20 coiled about the outer end of the shaft 18 and made fast at one end, the free end 2 1 of the spring bearing on the topof the carrier. The normal position is clearly shown in Figs.- 1, 3, 5 and 1 0. The bracket 10 has a lateral foot 10 below the carrier 17, and provided with a headed stud 22 extended through a lon itudinal slot 23 A:in a controller shown as a llink 24 rearwardly extended and pivotally connected at 25 to the lower end of the thread-engaging ring 26. normally acting to draw the controler to the left,Fi s. 10 and 12, to maintain the rear end of t e slot 23 against the stud 22. Referring to Figs. 10 and 12, the member lprovided with a hole 14X enpin 13X on the member 13, so that a limited rocking movement of the member 14 is permitted. One extreme o f such movement is shown in Figs. 2 and 1 0,

and 12. When the thread-engaging members are in the relative position shown in Figs. 2 and 10, the hook 16 is moved forward and is hooded or shielded by the wider face while in the other posithe hook is exposed and The member' 14 is l is slightly iiexed, r

tion, Figs. 6 and 12,

made offspring metal and pon the return been vcut away at lthe i As the carrier moves upward, starting econtroller s" ruction to the clearance 27.

ei'id b y'a bolt 31, Eig. 4, and at its inner end Bopen. Herein, however, we haveprevided 'fi-longitudinal opening or clearance 27 at the bottom ofthe front wall 28 of the replenishing shuttles-box B, and the race plate 29-is cut out' atv the bottom of the replenishing siuttle-"pox as at 30, so that there is no ob- The,boxw all 231s'. 'fixfedly' attached to the lay ati-ts outer it is rigidly secured by a bolt 32 -to an over# hanging arm 33 'secured to or forming ap'arft of the ltop plate of the box', and rigidly ii-i'ounte'd on the lay, the front end of the arm being downturned and llaterally offset and suitabl)T shaped to form the bunter f ,ilas clearly shown ini Fig. 4Z

By reference to Figs. 4 and 7, it will be seen that Ithe clearance 27 vis not interrupted by the bunter, although thelatter is located in front of such clearance -near its inner end, the Alower face of the bunter being conveXed at 34, and the race plate 29 is provided with a forwardly extended projection 35 at the inner end of the cut-ou-t portion 30, said projee/tion 35 alsohaving a conve-xed face, as shown, and fora purpose to be hereinafter referred to. i, A i

We have described the' thread-positioning and,thrmubcatching,.instruinentalities in connection with the rcplenishing mechanism, and the structure of the replenishing shuttlebox, las such features of our invention cooperate at the. time of filling-change oi' replenishmeiit, such features being made necessary .bv the peculiar and novel structure of the shuuttle, which latter will now be dcscribed.

In the construction of the shuttle, we have had in view the complete and positive discharge or casting olf therefrom of the old iilling-end at the time of replenishment, so that by ne possibility could such old fillingend or any part thereof be carried back into the cloth or left iii the shuttle to`l'oul or interfere with the new iilling inserted at the time new filling shall be properly positioned to cri-- ter and cooperate `with thedirecting device to be guided .thereby to the delivery-eye. The thread-(adelring instrumentality hereinbefore described effects the downward movement of the new filling-end and positions it,

as required; so that theshuttleuwill belthread;

led from the bottom, an'dnaswilyl appearfhcre inafter, the old fillin -end is cast offl or ref moved positively and odilgffrom-thebottom of the shuttle.

The shuttle structure is shown in .detail in4 Figs. 13 to 21 inclusive,the shuttle-body S|` having the usual,elongatedopening 36`'to,. receive the filling-carrier or bobbin, andthe A,

`forward or leading end of the shuttle-body iis,

provided with an opening or 'well 37 extend-L., ed completely1 through thejshiittle,.and sepa rated from t e bobbin-rec`eivinvf asesina-i011 chamber 36 by a transverse wallfor partition 38 slotted verticall fro'rn/topfto bottom at 39, thev upper and ower edges of the partition or wall 38 being preferably convexed as best shown in Fig. 16. i

A filling-support shown asa metallic plate 40 is ixedly secured at one side as at 41 to` the side wall of the well 37 and` extends transversely across theslot 39 and quite near the same, see Figs. 13, 15, and 18, the free end of the support beingbent forward at 42,y

and downturned adjacent but at a slight dis,- tance from the opposite wall of the well, leaving a clearance 43, as shown in4 Figs. .15 and 16, the shuttle-body being undercut at 44,4 to

form a species of housing for the depending n end of the support.

Referring to Fig.` 16, it'will be seeii'thatthe i upper edge of the support is gradually,inclined from right to left, from a 4'point at the. .i

right hand side of the` slot 39 down to the tip i' of the part 42.A In practice, a piece ofilan-V nel, felt or other suitable friction-producing material `45 is interposed between the adjacent part ofthe wall 38 and the enlargement y 46 of the fillii'ig-support, s'uch friction material at its upright edge extending somewhatI I ioo across the line of travel of the filling as it his' n drawn through theI slot 30 and over the upper edge of the support 40, when the filling is being delivered from the shuttle.' When the filling is drawn forward, as it' will b'e under normal conditions, it will be yheld at the proper height in theslot 39 bv thc transverse support, and cannot drop below it, buty the g peculiar shape and location of the support as:

described provides for the shedding or cast ing off of the old filling-end at the time of re-- plenishinent,permitting its @scapedownward l explained.

through the clearance 43, when the spent v bobbin is ejected from the shuttle, as will bc' The shuttle-body isc it away at the threading device, preferably made 'as a,"

in 4place by ati-ansvers'e screw-studie), Figs.

laterally extended at.its base at opposite 'metallic block 47,I having a lug-48 toI tjinto a suitable socket in the shuttlebody and held "12'51' 18 and 19, the vblock 47 having extended through it a thread-passage', at its i'ear end sides of the open bottom 52 of such threadpassage as at 53, 54, Fig. 15, the enlargement 53 having its forward edge curved and forming at the side a guard lip 55, a second guard hp 56 beingfformed above it, and into, the concavity betweenthe said lips projects a rearwardly extended beak 57 formlng art ofa horn 58 extends from the s1 e' of the enlargement 53 forward to the tip of the olpposite enlarged portion 54 of the base of t e block 47. The wall of the thread passagn't itrsffront end above the enlarged portion..54 ig. shaped to present a pron 59, Wliefi'prevents the dropping'of vthe tread iltof the thread passage 50-at the time the directing device is guiding the thread to the side delivery-eye 60, this delivery-'eye being herein shown as formed in the casing of the thread-directing device, and located immediately above the guard lip 56.

Referrin to Figs. 14, 18 and 19, it will be seen that t e dehveryyeO is not only at the side of the shuttle-body, but it is also Y shuttle andv t very near the bottom thereof', so that the thread or illin is delivered from the shuttle uite close to t e raceway of the lay. When t e fresh sup ly of lling is inserted in the e new filling-end is positioned by the thread-positioner, previously described, themembers 13 and'14 of the threadcatcher are-moved upward through the well ward through 37 in the shuttle (the latter then being properly positioned in the shuttle-box B), and the filling-end is gripped or clam ed by the thread-catchin members and is rawn downie well andacross the'llin v support 40, but there is no tendency at suc guar 'new llin -end as the .thread is drawn time to shed the filling therefrom as it is sustained back of the support by the bobbin. The thread-catcher maintains -its hold on the shuttle is picked, and the end is rokenbetween the thread-catcher and the disk b', but the filling is held in proper position to enter the inlet 51, and the o en bottom 52 of the thread-passage 50, asv t e shuttle moves across the lay, and' the up over the prong 59 as the shuttle continues its movement to the nonand under the rplenishing side ofthe lay, e ge of the horn 58, adjacent the upright .face 61 of the enlargement 54,. The filling thus laidis beaten in, and after the change of shed, the shuttle is again picked to the right or toward the re lenishing box B, viewlng Fig. 1, and the ing now'draws backward, being uided by the horn 58, land over' the di 55, and beneath the beak 57, irnmediate y slipping over the guardlip 56 and into the deliver ,-eye 60. The shutt e is now completely an ermanently threaded, and delivery of the filling continues from -the e e so long as the filling cannot escape from t e because the guard 1i 56 overhangs the beak 57 and the point of t e beak is shrouded or protected by the upper l l l and lower lips 56 the filling draws, so that to escape therefrom during the normal opera#y tion .of the shuttle. There is no opportunity for the filling to drop out of the narrow inlet 51, because the support 40 holds the filling up, and in thenthread passage. When the fresh filling has been beaten in, the part eX- tending from the. selvage' to the thread- Acatcher is severed by a temple thread-cutter located adjacent to selvage of the cloth, and this parting or cutting device will be referred to later. i Viewing Fig. 18, the filling passes from the filling-carrier b across the support 4 0 and thence through' the well 37 to the thread passage 50 and around the front face of the enlargement 53, and out through the eye 60, the said facebeing somewhat concaved or/groove'd more smoothly and accurately direct the thread to the eye.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the filling-support@ is shown, but owing to the small scale of said would not, be thrown under the shuttle, as'

all loop-forming tendencies operate to throwit forward at thus eliminate an objectionable feature sometimes found t'o occur in the use of automatically self-threading shuttles, as heretofore constructed, where the filling-thread is diat 62 leading to the eye tov the top of thel shuttle. We,

t is shown as it uttle-bo y in A rected to the delively-eye by. directing means located at the top o the shuttle, a loop when formed tending to and causing breaka e of the filling. As the filling is firml' hel by the thread-catcher catch over such device at the proper evel with relation to the boty tom of the shuttle, the introduction of the filling into the thread-passage of the directing or guiding device on the shuttle is accomplished very accurately and positively with a minimum libility to misthread at `the time of replenishing, and as the complete threading of the shuttle is a practical certainty after the filling has once been introduced to the` thread'- @ssa e 50, shuttlemisthrc'ads are obviate byt e construction set forth. When the shuttle .is in the replenishing box, the filling-end extends from the edge of the cloth to the delivery-eye, thence through. the thread-passage'bf the directing device and across the Well 37 in the shuttle-body, and over the support 40to .the filling-carrier, and this condition obtains when a'change of filling is to be. effected.

"shuttle positively and wholly the old filling- 2end by or through the ejectionfroin the 5 Ashuttle of the spent filling-'carrier or bobbin,`

,D `meaning thereby the one on which the iilling i fhasvbeen exhausted to a predetermined extent. When the bobbin is ejected from the "shuttle, it passes therefrom down through 4the open bottom of the shuttle-box an'd onto a forwardly inclined pan-like guide 63, lixedly secured to the lay, and having a raised yflange 6 4 at'its inner-edge, the tip of the ejected bobbin being shown in dotted lines at b", Fi 18, with' the filling-endif shown j in dotte lines as leading therefrom up to 'iff lthe suppoitAO, and We have provided means to temporarily arrest or stop the ejected bobbin just 'below the shuttle-box, thereby preventing a quick drop which might break the old iilhng-end, and leave it in the shuttle,

and furthermore such broken endwould tend v-totw'ist or curl out of the way of the Athreadcatcher,so that it would be practically imossible for the latter to engage it. To efect the temporary arrest of the ejected bobbin, we have fixedly attached to the dog ff alaterally extended arm 65 having rigidly extended therefrom a butt-arrester 66 and a yielding ytip-arrester 67, the relative location of the butt. and ti ari-esters being best 'Siti shown' in Figl. iN ien the dogf is moved 'into operative iosition, the la-teral arm 65l 'is elevatedan the arresting members 66 and 67 are positioned to engage the ejected bobbin at its butt, and also along its barrel will nearer its tip, the guide 63 having formed upon it an elongated rojeotion having upon itsiface apad 68 so ocated that when the 40 butt-arrester 66 isoperatively positioned the ejected bobbin will be caught at or near its i butt and held between the padded projection and the butt-arrester 66, as indicated in Fig. 4,l the tip, arrester 67 at such time pressing against the barrel of the bobbiu and holding' it against the guard 63 'which latter is i i* recessed at 69 tov receive the yielding arrester 6701i the forward beat of the lay under normal conditions. l

@The old filling-end is shown atix, Fig. 4, lvcading'ujiward vfrom the spent filling-carrier,

in which is shown in its arrested position, it being understood that aty such time the bent end ofthe tip arrester 67 will he [leXed byfen avement vvith the bobbi-n. As the y? iillin '-end'tdownward and forward, so that itsli es'along the'iuclined upper-.edge of the supportl 140 as shown in dotted lines Fig. 16,

and finally drops or is drawn oli or shed from the tip 420i the support, and there beif ing then,nothingtoretain it in the threadi passage, the filling-end drops ,out of such pasc and just before .com i filling-carrier descends it draws the y cte cast oil' of the l sure between the loop formed by such old iilling-end assumes substantially the osition illustrated in Fig.

19, wherein it is s lown as justabout to es-A cape from under the beak 57 between the guard lips 55 and 56. vThe old filling-end is thus cast oi bodily and completely,.and` in a positive manner froml the shuttle by or through the ejection of the filling-Camiel' therefrom. This cast-olf is effected manifestly by the ejection of the filling-carrier from the shuttle, whether or not the threadcatcher engages the old Vfilling-end, but as a mattei' of fact, in the operation of the mechanism the hooked end of onel of the catching m'embcrs will engage not only theI new fillingend. but the old filling-end at time of replenishment, and both lilling-ends `.vill be clamped or held between the members 13 and 14, and they will be drawn downward as the thread-catcher returns to normal position, thus assistingthe ejected lilling-carrier in shedding or casting olf the old filling-end from the shuttle. 'lhis cast-oli of the Vlillingend is to be distinguished yfrom a drawingout of the filling-end longitudinally through the eye' of the shuttle, for heretofore, so far as we are aware, the only wa` in which the old 'filling-end has been removed from the shuttle (when it was removed) has been by a longitudinal pull, and if the length of the iilling-end was too great or the pull was iusullicient, the 'filling was not removed from the eye and the movement of the shuttle after replenishment would be -verv apt to carry the old filling-end or piece of it bai-k into the cloth to be woven thereinto.

inasmuch as we have )rovided for the complete `cast-olf of the old vfilling-end from the shuttle, it will be obvious that under no circumstances and by no possibility can any )art of such old 'filling-end be carried back mto the cloth. rlhe old filling-end is cast oli' before the new `filling-end is presented b the threiul-catching instrumentality to thel thrcad-directing device on the shuttle. Hence there can he no fouling or commmgling of the old and new iilling-ends, and the grasping of the old llilling-end by the thread- 1 catcher obviates the use of a-thread-cutter on the shuttle-fouler SX, Fig. 2. as the old 'lilling extends from the edge of the cloth to thc thread-catcher, so that on the next forward beat of the lay after replenishment, the old end will bc severed adjacent the cloth bythe temple tlu'ead-cutter. 'lhis simplifies the construction, and obviates certain objections which at times arise from the employment of a thread-cutter on the shuttle levier. 'lhe backward movement ol' the iai releases the ejected filling-carrier and vin such a u'ay that when it drops its tip cud is uppermost,

this being due to the fact that at the begin- A ning of the hack stroke of the lay, the prespad 68 and the butt-ar- 65 0l filling-end from the s iuttie the bight or l roster 66 is diminished, releasing the buttend of the bobbin while the yielding or spring-actingarrestr 67 still presses upon the pprtion of the bobbin nearer its tip. The utt-end of the bobbin being heavier swings downward, and when finally the bobbin is completely released,V itI drops, sliding along the guide 63 and the filling draws olf from the tip, preventing any breakage of the filling, and enabling the ejected bobbin to do its part in casting off the old filling-end from the shuttle. The slow start of the bobbin when released after its temporary arrest` affords ample time for the thread-catching instrumentality to operate, whereas if there were no arrest of the bobbin, its exceedingly rapid movement due to ejection would not afford time enough f'or the thread-catcher t0 tended rearwardly .holds up the filling-ends,

pro erl gras the filling-end, and the ro er castlingbbff ofIthe filling-end from the sfhuftle might be interfered with.

The thread-catcher is closed when in its normal position, vand the thread-engaging members 13 and 14 are opened as they are moved to operative osition, as has been described, so that wlien the pld and'new filling-ends have been .'cut by the temple thread-cutter, they hang .from the threadcatcher until the next movement of the latter to operative position. At such time the hanging ends are caught upon the toothed face .70, see Fig. 1, of an arm 71 ixcdly secured to the part of the bracket 10, and exuite close to the ath of movement of the thread-catcher. he removal of the hanging ends prevents any chance of their being cau ht in the picker stick or in other parts of 51e loom mechanism. By providing the`clearance 27 at the front of the replenishing shuttle-box, the old filling-end, leading from the cloth to, the shuttle-eye, is withdrawn with perfect freedom after the thread-catcher has grasped it and returns to normal position, and of course the new filling-end is drawn through the clearance 27 with equalv freedom.l As the clearance is at the bottom of the front wall of the re lenishing box, there is no chance for the old lling-end t gbe drawn -in between the front wall and ihr lower part of the 'shut'- tle side. The convexed under face '34 of the bunter f facilitates the withdrawal of tho filling-ends throu h the clearance, as they pass under the unter on the backward movement of the lay. The projection 35 as they are withdrawn, and then sheds them over its convex surface.' If for any reason the threadcatcher should miss the old filling-end, the

latter will be drawn over the upper edge of* a forwardly extended shelf or support 72 mounted on the .lay at or near the mouth of the replenishing shuttle-box, the ejected obbin drawing the filling-end over such su bert, so that as the lay comes forward on t 1e next beat; the old end will be held up by provided an overhanging and forwardly exthe support 72 in l tended projection'73 having an inclined under edge 74, which edge acts upon vthe new iilling-end to push it down `below the adjacent filling-fork G, to thereby prevent any interference therewith, but the main object of this overhang is to keep the old and new I-r'eplenishing and before said ends are out. That is tosay, su posing both ends to have been grasped and eld by the thread-catcher, i then as the lay goes back, they will be with- 5 drawn from theshuttle-box through the i clearance 27, and will draw over the overf hang 73, which of itself is u wardl and fori wardly inclined, as best sli lines in Fig. 2. Then on the next forward beat of the lay, such filling-ends will beengaged `by the inclined edge 74 of the overhang andv will be pushed or' ressed downward toward the top of the she f-like su port 72, but they will be positively and e ect-ul ally kept olf the raceway, even should the' operation j of the' temple thread-cutter be i delayed for two orvthree picks.

The lay A is recessed at 75 to avoid interference with the extremity of the toothed filling-ends off the raceway of the lay after own. y dotted l thread-removing member 71 when thelay tion being shown 1n the detail views of the temple in F ig/s. '22 to 25 inclusive. The pod p, xedl secured to or forming a part of the shank p general of struction, with a depending heel struck by the' lay, as it beats up. v

Upon. a lateral stud 76 onthe shank isfulsubstantially well known conp? to be the cap .p and roll p2 may be in crumcdV a dependingl actuator 77.pro/vided at its lower end with a lateral enlargement 7 8, the front edge of the actuator being notched at 79, Fig. 25, to receive a stud 80 extended laterally from the shank 81 of the-movable lblade 82. F

o enin p", 1i 24, clbse tg the oter end of the ro u per edge is notched at 83, the ti of the blade beingv bent laterally toward t 1e inner made in thelpod and -cap end of the temple head, to form a thre'ad director 84, the upper edge of such director p2, andits- The said blade passes through an beingslightly inclined, as'at 85, Figs. 24 and 2( As shown bydotted lines Fig. 25 the lower edge of the blade is cut out to' clear the ina-1111er' 'temple head end of the actuator 77 in advance of the heel Vp3, said spring being coiled around the pin 76- adjacent journal of the roll p2. The free end of a spring S6 bears against the stud SOand normally projects the blade beyond the -and `also maintains the lower and having its other end held fast in suitable l A fiXed upright blade 87 is held v,fast in the temple head at the inner side of the cess bearsvat its free end.

ofthe temple roll p2,

CII

l with the lay,

I .andl ,new filling-eiids.will be .ing-end always extends l, acted upon by; the cutting ingrecess 114, and a leaf spring S8 within said reagainst the movable blade 82,-,maint aining it in such position that the' two blades will operate in a shear-like manner to eutthe filling.

It will be seen-that the cutting action is effected immediately adjacent the outer end so that the end of thread leftv extending beyond the edge of the cloth'is veryshort, and in practice it frequently occurs that no projecting end at all is left. '4

-When the lay beats up the lower part of the actuator 77 is engaged and the actuator is s wung onits pivot 76 to retract the blade 82 before the heel p3 of the temple is engaged to effect the usual forward movement thereof at the beat-up. Such retraction of the movable blade acts to sever a filling-end -if the latter is at the time lying in the notch 83.-`

When the old and new'filling-ends are to be severed, following filling-re lenishment,` they are presented to the note 85 of the director 84 assists in leading the filling-ends to the notch, the support 72' also holding them up in the proper osition to be bla es. end, or ends, afterf'being received in the notehSBwill be promptly severed iinmediatelyt'hereafter by the retraction of the movable blade, as described..

the thread-cutter is posisevered on the firstiforward beat of the lay vafter replenishnient pf the running filling. As the old -fill- -`|from the cloth i throngl. the delivery-eye of the shuttle to the -bobbirr-about to be ejected in a feeler loom,' when replenishment yis called for, the

present invention is particularly designed for such looms, as has been stated, and so far as our invention is concerned any desired form of ,filling-exhaustion-indieating mechanism may be employed. l

We have indicated in Fig. 1`-, merely for purposes of illustration, a mechanism substantially such as 'l'orins the subject matter of 'United States vPatent No. 789,471 prcviously referred to, the feeler-SX entering` the opcningl ofthe Fig l., and entering the shuttle whenever it is in such box. When the filling is exhausted to a predetermined extent a inember87X is l while held l bythe thread-catcher, and the inclined edge The filly front wall of the boKB,

moved into engagement with and swings a controller 88X, extended through a cam-slot (not shown) in the end S9 of the tilting transmitter 90 to thereby elevate the inner end of the transmitter. A latch 91, pivotally conshaft d, is moved by the tilting of the transmitter into position to be engaged by thc head w of the weft-hammer W, and the latch is then moved forward, rocking the shaft d and effecting the operation of the replenishing mechanism in well-known manner. If the filling breaks the filling forks will effect the operation of the replenishing inechainsin in usual manner, and should the -break occur outside the shuttle the ejection of the bobbin will act, either alone or in coniunction with the thread-catcher, to completely and positively cast off the broken end from the shuttle, so that the new filling will not foul with the old, nor can the latter be carried bach into the cloth.

From the foregoing description it will be clear that our invention includes as principal features the use of a shuttle constructed and4 arranged to permit theeffectual and completeA cast ofi' of the old filling-end from the shuttle upon ejection therefrom of the bobbin, which we believe to be broadly new; means to effect the com lete threading of the shuttle by instrumenta ities-in part on the shuttle itself and in part wholly inde endent thereof, acting upon the new or fres i filling end; and i e'ected bobbin after its discharge from the shuttle, to avoid breakage of the old fillingl, end and also to afford sufficient time for it to be engaged and held by the thread-catching l instrumentality. 1

Various changes in details of construction, l arrangement and operation may be inade by' those, skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention as set forth in the appended claims, one rac- I tical embodiment of such invention seing illustrated in the .accompanying drawings and described in the foregoing specification. Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure byLetl ters Patent is:- y y 1. -In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, a -shuttle rovided with a bobbincompartinent an an adjacent well, separated therefrom by a ver- 1. tically-slotted partition, a filling-support exl tended across the slot from one sideonly ol" the shuttle, a threading device in the bottom ol' the shuttle in iront of the well, and an in- 1 struinentality to engage the fresh filling-end at the time of replenishment and draw it l down through the well, to thereby position the filling end for cotiperation with the l threading device, the filling support sustain- 1 ing the incoming filling in the slot while permitting the old filling-end to pass down the nected with an upturned arm 92km the rocklll() iet-f llt) lBC

'Y iilling-'end in front.

'l tain a bobbin and v of t e bobbin and'constructed to shedt position such illin ,supporting means fafrom the threading slot 'and be cast oli' the shuttle Abodily the spentbobbin is-ejected therefrom. l

, ,2., n aloom provided with mechanisin to lenish the running iilling before complete austiontherein?,A ashuttle adapted to con-V tain a bo bbin and `having means to normally sup ort the adjacent the delivery end oft e bobbinand constructed to shed the old filling-endet the time of replenishment, a threading device in the bottom of the shuttle, and an l instrumentality yto ,engage the new of thesupporting means andidraw it through the shuttle to thereby gend for'introduction to' the threading'gevice, ejection0f the spentl bobbin drawing the old filling-end i'rlnthe and casting it'oii bodily device; 3.' In a-loom prvided.-with niehanism to re lenish thel running lling before complete ex 'austion thereof aving means to normally' sup ort the' filling adjacent the delive end .filling-end at. the time of replenishment, a

threading device in the bottom of the shuttle, and an instrumentality to engage the old .and

fre e old :filling new iilling-ends at thetime of replenishment and draw them through the shuttle, to `thereby castoif the old fillin -enid from both the supporting means and t e threading-device` Vand present to such threading device the new filling-endV to effect threading of the shuttle atom'atically. f l

4. In a loom provided with mechanism to vlenish the running filling before completeV austion thereof tain a bobbin and aving means to normally sup ort the filling adjacent the delivery end of t e bobbin and constructed to shed the -endat the tmeof replenishment, and an instrumentalit to engage the 'old iilling-end in front of theup orting'means' upon filling replenishmentan' to draw such filling-end down through the shuttleas the.y spent 'bobbin is ejected therefrom behind said supporting means, or casting off the intervening. length of lling- -v v i, 1 t 1 5. In a loom provided With'mechanism to repllenish, the running iilling before complete' austion'thereof, a'shuttle adapted to contain a loobbinA and having a transverse partition vertically. slotted in front of the tip of the bobbin, toguide `the filling, a support crossing the slot and fixed at one side thereof, the free end of the sup ort being downwardly and forwardly inclined, to shed the old lling and ermit its passa e downward out of the gui erslot when 'rep enishinent isl eiiected,sa1'd support sustaining the incom-I ing filling in the slot, and'means, to eiiect automatically the threading of the shuttle lWhexfa full ,bobbin is inserted thereinN 65.'

'- 6. In a' loom provided with mechanismto 'when j ingdevice when a shuttle adapted to con-vV i, illing-carer in the shuttle,

fresh filling to `the shuttle eye to be deptsl livered therefrom, land means rendered effecti- 'i ejection of the spent fillingia shuttle adapted to conthe latter shedding;

replenish the 'runningiillin before complete g exhaustion thereof, a shutte adapted to con-,

, tain a bobbin and'having support f filling-end vat the 5 entrance: at the s uttle bottom, a side. de-

l livery-eye,-

to the eye, said horn terminating in a beak below the eye, and guard-lips between which i' the beak Erojects; y l running fi ing from the eye ,said lips actingj to cast oil" the old'illing-end from the throads saidfilling-endis shed from the supporting means and ulled down oijthf the thread-passage throng its open entrance with: an instrumenta 'tyAv to enga e th new 85- j filling-end at the time of replenis nient and draw it down u on the supporting 'meansand j through the s little, to

l ingdevicel jco'ntain and havingl mechanism `to automatica y inserta fre I the l ive by or through carrier to permit'cast off bodily of the o iillingfendvfrom the shuttle'.

8. In a loom, in combination, ashllttle to and having a' delivery-eye in y insert a fresh filling-carrier the shu ttle", to direct the afresh` filling the.'4 j

rein, and 'means ,tof' facilitate cast off of tholdfilling-(end from y eye to be delivered ther the bottom -of the shuttle When the spenty filling-carrier is ejected.

10. In a loom,in combinationagshuttle to'- contain iilling', matically prior to y the running filling to provide the shuttle with a fresh filling-carrier, and lmeans eoperating with said mechanism to cast of bodily'f' from the shuttlethe `big'ht of Old filling exe'. tending between the meansto normally the filling adjacent the delivery end v fof the bobbinA and constructed toshed'theold' 7D l time .of replenishment,a` f threading device in the'ibottom of; the shuttle, |having a thread-plassage provided with an I pOSlOIl it (iv ,-fz trance to the 'thread-passage ofthe threadl 7. In a loom., in combinatioma shnttleftd a delivery-@ra means to acent its bottom,rmechanism and effect theejection there# ent 'filling-carrior;` ,ani device in 1 05 the shuttle to direct' thefresh a delivery-eye,

lyinsert a fresh;v

chanism operatiydautocomplete eXhauston; of-

ahorn to direct the filling thread 75 jiis cloth'and the spent iill- .'1-320 timeof fi.llingchange, to facilitate cast ofi' of' tle at the time of filling replenishment."

`the running filling to provide the yto be discharged bodily from the shuttle .shuttle atv its top vand to eject the .self-threading device, mechanism to auto- ,matically insert a fresh filling-carrier in the ing-carrier when the latter is ejected from the shuttle by the operation of said mechan- 11. In a loom, in combination, a shuttle to contain filling, mechanism operative automatically prior to complete exhaustion of j shuttle with a fresh filling-carrier, and means on the shuttle to permit the bight of old jfilling between the cloth and the spentfilling-carrier when the spent filling-carrier is ejected thorefrom by the operation of said mechanism.

1,2. In a loom, in combination, mechanism to automatically provide the running shuttle with` fresh -`iilling prior to complete exhaustion of the filling therein and to eect ejection of the spent bobbin and the shuttle, the whole constructed and arranged to completely and 'positively cast off the old filling automatically upon ejection of' the spent bobbin.

- 13. The combination, in a loom, of a shuttle having in its bottom an automatically self-threading device, mechanism to automatically insert afresh filling-carrier in the v spent filling-carrier at its bottom, an instrumentality to engage and present the fresh filling-end to saidthreading device, and means to-i`acili tate cast off of the old filling-end from the bottom of the shuttle upon ejection of' the spent filling-carrier.

14. The combination, in a loom, of a shuttle having in its bottom an automatically shuttle at its'top and to eject the spent filling-carrier at its bottom, an instrumentality to engage the old and new filling-ends and draw them down through the shuttle at thc the old filling-end bodily from the threading device and present to the latter the new filling-end, and a transverse filling-support on the shuttle having a clearance to permit the passageol' the old 'filling-end therethrough when. the spent filling-carrier is ejected from the shuttle.

15. In la loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, a shuttle to contain a supply ol' filling and having a threading device in its bottom, an instrumentality independent ol' the shuttle to engage the new filling and present the same to the threading device, and a filling support on the shuttle constructed and arranged to permit the old filling-end tobe cast oll` the shut- 16.- 'In `a'loom provided with automatic j filling-replenishing mechanism, a shuttle to i contain a supply of' filling and having a side 5 delivery-eye and a directing device at the bottom oi the shuttle 'to direct thc filling to i, the eye, and an instrumentality wholly indei pendent of the shuttle to engage the new filling at the top of' the shuttle-and draw it downward through the shuttle into position to cooperate with the directing device.

17 In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, a shuttle to contain a supply ol' filling constructed and arranged to permit cast oil' bodily of the old filling automatically upon filling replenishment, an instrumentality nulependent of thev shuttle to engage and position the new filling to be tl'n'eaded, and a device on the shuttle to cooperate with the new filling when so positioned and automatically thread the shuttle.

18. ln a loom provided with mechanism to automatically replenish the running fillingprior to complete exhaustion thereof', a shuttle adapted to contain a bobbin, moans on the shuttle to normally support the filling and to shed it when the spent bobbin'is ejected from the shuttle, a threading device at the bottom of the shuttle, and an instrumentality controlled by or through the operation of said replenishing mechanism to engage the new filling and present it Lto the threading device, and to hold the filling-end when the shuttle is picked after replenishment. l l l 19. ln a loom provided with mechanism to` automatically replenish the runnino' filling' prior to complete exhaustion thereof, a shuttle adapted to contain a bobbin, `and provided with a delivery-eye and means, having a thread entrance at the bottom of the shuttle, to direct automatically the filling thereto, to thread the shuttle, and an instrumentality to engage the new 'iilling and draw it downward through the shuttle and present it to the entrance of said directing' means and to temporarily hold the filling after replenish- -ment .-f'hen the shuttle is picked.

20. VIn a loom provided with automatic 'iilling-rcplcnishing mechanism, a shuttle to contain a supply ol jilling, and shuttlethreading means, including a thread-positioner, a thread-catcher to'take the filling rio thread therefrom and draw it down through the .f-l'iuttle to positie n it lor the threading op- Icratioi'i, and a threading device on the shuttlc at its bottom to receive thefilling-thread when so positioned, the thread-catcher positi'f. ely holding vthe filling when the shuttle is picked. i

2l. ln a loom provided with automatic viilliiig-replenishing contain a suppl of filling, and shuttle-threading niean's, incliiding a thread-positioner, a thro-n l-catcher to take the filling-threadv therefrom and draw it down. through the shuttle to position it iorjthe threadin operation, and a threading device on the s uttle at its bottom to receive the filling-thread when-i so positioned, thc thread-catcher positively holdingthe 'illing when the shuttle is picie combined with means to facilitate cast ofi' of mechanism, a sl'iuttle'to .15 and t e threading device on the shuttle and the s'pentbobbin is ejected therefrom.

' thread therefrom and draw it down through catcher ositivelyholding the filling when the shutt e is picked, said thread-catcher also mentality shuttle is picked. A

l. filling-rep'lenishingy mechanism, ashuttle to i* shed the old lline'nd byor through ejec- 20 shuttle to .eng-alge the filling-end above the V30- it downward through the shuttle t0 be introyofflling and having a side delivery-eye adja- -throti filling 1:,2'5fgfThe combination, in a`loom provided with automatic lling-replenishing mechanthe y{s il'p'lnlyof filling and vertically 'slotted l from ;'top"toibottom, a filling support within v .th'ewell crossing the slot' and having its free 60.

Smilde l theme-figuran uw fresh rillingm rheeye, mild-'anmstrnmentality'-perativeu on iillin they-@1d filling fbodiiyffom the huele when 22. .In a loom provided with automatic contain a supply of' lling, and shuttlethreading means, including a thread-positioner, a thread-catcher to take the fillingthe shuttle to .position it for`the threading operation, and a threading 'device on the shuttle at its bottom to receive the fillingthread when so positioned, the threadtakin the vold filling-end between the bobbin draWing'it downward, combined withl a thread-support on the shuttle adapted to tion of the spent obbin, whereby such filling-end is cast off bodily from the shuttle.

23. The combination, in a loom provided l with automatic iilling-replenishing mechanism, of a shuttle vadapted to contain a supply of filling and having a side delivery-eye adjacent its bottom, means oen 'at the bottom of theshuttle to direct, the ling into the eye, and an instrumentality independent of the shuttle'upon mg replenishment and draw duced into the directing device, said instruholding the filling-end when the '24.-The.coni bination, in a-loom provided with automatic ii'lling-replenishing mechanism, of a shuttle adapted to contain asup'ply ism' cfa-shuttle adapted to contain a suppl;T 0f ing and havingza'side delivery-eye adjagifitsbottom, and apvvell/back of the eye, a-'transverse partition between thewell and elldQWn curved toward the. front wall of thev means en the shuttle' at' the bottom -reshsupply of filling thereto.

eki'slim td engag the fresh lling-'en wniintqlt eslot across the su'p" 30. Ina loom, 'mechanism port and thence out of the bottom of` the well, to position such filling-end for entrance l Ato the directing means when thev shuttle-is picked, ejection of' the spent bobbin drawing l downward'the old filling-end overthefree end of thesupport and effectingcast off lof such filling-end bodily from the ldirecting 26. Ina loom pro vided with mechanism to replenish filling prior to complete exhaustion of the suppl in the running shuttle, a shuttle having a e 'very-eye and adaptedl to receive lspent 4bobbin at its bottom, means ron the S uttle to sustain the running filling and di- 4 .rect it to the eye to be delivered therefrom," saidmeans opening downward to permit the vold filling-end to'be cast-ofi bodily by' ejection of the spent bobbin, and means totemporarily arrestthe spent bobbing-below the' shuttle when ejected therefrom. l"

27. 'In replenish fillingprior to compl te exhaustion of the supply inthe running shuttle, a shuttle de ivery-eye and open from top to 1 having a va fresh bobbin at its top and to discharge the f.

a loom pro vided with mechanism to bottom, to receive a fresh bobbin, and permit ejection of the spent bobbin from the bottom of the shuttle, means partly on the shuttle to.

effect automatically the threading4 of (the, 'l I lfresh filling in the delivery-eye, .and means to temporarily arrest the,v ejected bobbin below the shuttle and thereby prevent breaka e of acting to bodily cast oil the old filling-end from the delivery-eye and from the threading means on the shuttle. I

, 28. In a loom provided with mechanism to replenish filling prior to 'complete eX- 1 haustion of the supply -in the running shut- .tle, a shuttle haninga delivery-eye and-open atits'bottom for ejection ofthe spent bobl -the old'filling-end, the ejection of the bo bin bin, means to receive the new'filling-end at the bottom of the shuttle and introduce it to the eye, a thread catcher to engage the old i and new filling-ends at the top of the shuttle and position the latter for introduction Ato 5 said means when the shuttle is picked, ejection of the spent bobbin casting ofi` bodily and completely the yold filling-end from the shuttle while held by the thread-catcher, and a device to temporarily arrest the ejected bobbin to prevent breakage of thejold 'lillingend andafford time' for the same gaged by the thread-catcher.

2.9. In a loom, mechanism to automatically insert a fresh supply ofiilling into the running 'shuttle prior to complete exhaustion to lbe enof the supply therein and to eject the latter,

combined with a shuttle having a deliveryeve, means to introduce the fresh illm -end t reto automatically, andmeans to acili'- tate icast off of the old filling-end `from the bottom of the shuttle'upqn theinsetionn a o uwmticisc 

